For M.Sc. Final Year Observational Astronomy Lab Project, Semester 4th, 2025.
Department of Physics & Astrophysics University of Delhi.
- Aman Verma
- Priyanshu Ranjan
- Saurabh Kumar
- Python 3.8 or higher
- MESA (Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics) installed
- Jupyter Notebook
- Objective: To study the evolution of a star from GMC to the main sequence.
- Method: Use MESA to simulate the evolution of a star from a GMC to the main sequence, and capture the output in python.
- Tools: MESA
- Data: MESA output files
- Objective: To study the evolution of stars over a mass distribution.
- Method: Use MESA to simulate the evolution of multiple stars using a mass distribution.
- Tools: MESA, Python, Jupyter Notebook
- Data: MESA output files, mass distribution arguments
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Objective: To study the evolution of stars over a mass distribution of actual clusters.
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Method: Use MESA in Python environment to simulate the evolution of multiple stars using a mass distribution of actual clusters.
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Tools: MESA, Python, Jupyter Notebook
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Data: MESA output files, mass distribution arguments, actual cluster arguments
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Clusters used (open clusters)
- NGC 2632 (Beehive)
- NGC 4755 (Jewel box)
For any queries, reach out at ranjanistic@physics.du.ac.in.